Corset garment



2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. BY 551M112 T. Mam.

ATTORNEY! Jan. 8, 1935.

Filed May 18, 1955 S. T. METZ CORSET GARMENT Jan. 8, 1935.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2' Filed May 18, 1955 INVENTOR. Ear rum. T. M212.-

WW? $5M ATTORNEY:

5: My inventionn relates to "a f new and improved ,corsettgarmenh 7 Oneof the' objectsof" my invention istopro vide a corset garment of thegirdle type:

Another object of' my invention is to provide a corset 1 garment havingelastic .panels and also having i relatively? mun-elastic: panels; thenonelastic panelspreferablyforming the front and thereanof the garment.)

in the' verticaldirection. T

= Another object of my invention is "to provide a garment of this typewhich the non-stretchels being "suitably reinforced 'bylateral ribbonsof woven materialL Whenever I refer to 1 mesh material, I intend toinclude voile,3orany lightweight knitted or woven'materialwhich requiresreinforcement, in order to standg' the strain to which a corset garmentis subjected.

Other objectsof my inventionwill be set forth in; the followingdescription and drawings which A illustrate a preferredembodiment"th'ereofit be; irig' funde'rstood 1 that the 1 above general state,meiitorth objeet of mv'invention isintended' limititin-anymanne -1" 15a perspective'viewh" 'FiglflZ is a front elevation. Y I

3 is a detail inside viewof acorner of the merely to' generallyexplainthe same I and not to garment showing how a hose 's'uppo'rter'is' connected I to the garment, at the junction betwe n an elastic panelandanon-elastic panels" Fig. 4is a detail olutside view shdwing how anelastic panelis ccnnectedfto a nome1astieapan 1.;

" Fig. 5 is a detail -elevation snowin of the top of an ela ticpanelarid 0m: non

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on'the line 7 7. of

Fig. 5.

The garment comprises front and rear panels l v A and said panels aresubstantially identical in construction. The garment also comprisessidepanels B and C. The side panels may be of any desired elasticconstruction. In the specific em- 1 bodiment illustrated, the main bodyof each side panel comprises elastic cords 1. Each said cord 1 is madeof stretchable rubber, 'which is covered with one or more layers ofyarn. These cords NlTElD qS TATE-S PATENT A 1,986,84 L i v e esamuer'nmetz,.iamaic mn I p Application May s, 1 933,; sesame, 671,62 l

-3 ciagms ra-a able panels aremade of mesh''ina'terial, said pan- Viewshowing the connection} 1 are freely stretchable said I cords V are'well:

known in the tradeunderithe name; of ffLastexf.,.

so that they require no specific description;; 11' "As shown inFigs'.3-5, the cords fllyareiinterknitted by means of. vertical*meshes Mn".Theset vertical knitted-meshes M are much less: stretchablein thevertical direction than iniytliea-liori-zfi zontal 5 or lateraldirection, so "that the' igarmer'it l has a much greater stretch in theflateraliidia" -Anothrobject of my inventioniisto provide a j garment of"this" type in which the'jpanel's'may be" more stretchable "the lateraldirection than rection than the vertical direction; :IzHowveri} theinvention generally applies to anyitypefoi-g elastic panel' which-maybestretchable imthe vertical direction to desired extent. 5 I The top "andbottom portions Z 'and: 3 off the? elastic panels B and i C are muchmore closely interknit than the) main body portionsflof said panels 13and C. That is, the cords-fl 'are moref closely; spaced in the 'topfafndi bottom portions 2and mad the meshesM are much smallerl' f Each ofthepanels A is preierably' -madei of any suitable warp knit material sothat the knitted meshes 4 have little or no stretch 111 "the vertical"direction. Said panels are provided with nor} zontal ribbons R. whichare stitched to the mesh material. This is accomplishedby means ofhorizontal stitches 5 and by vertical stitches 6.

" Referring to Fig. 6, it Lean be fseen that reach of the ribbons R isinwardly. turnedat the .lon gitudinal edges of the panels A so that eachrib-.

\ bon R hasan end'which overlaps thebodyof-the knitted-j mesh material4, of: which the panels 11A are made Likevvisey and ass'hownE-particular-q V ly-in Fig. 6, the'kn'itted meshmaterial'sis-ralsofinwardly turned so that each longitudinal sedge ofeacnpanel' A has a double thickness of the mesh mateifialj and eachribbon alsofhas a double thickness. 2' 2.; t

Each elastic panel inturned ends of the ribbons.

B er C is located soth'at one of the" vertical rows of' stitches fipasses through thesaine and the' inner vertical-'row =of said'stitches 6skipsthe elastic panel, and the JIn order to reinforce the connectionbetween j each elastic panel B (or C) and the adjacent non-elastic panelA, reinforcing members 9 and 10 are continuously applied. Each saidreinforcing strip 9 and 10 extendscompletely along the garment from topto bottom. Said strips, 9 and 10 may be made of any suitable knitted orwoven material which is preferably non-elastic. Each reinforcing strip10 is connected to the respective panel B or C, by means of a zig-zagorcrossstitch 11. The vertical rows of stitches 6 pass through member 9.

At its top and bottom, each of the elastic panels zone 12, which is madeby braiding or otherwise connecting a plurality of the elastic cords 1and connecting said cords by a covering yarn or yarns.

, Referring to Fig. 3, the garment has a hose supporter connected to thebottom edge thereof at eachjunction between an elastic panel and a.-non-elastic panel. The hose supporters H are made of? suitable: elastic,materialz and they are stitched to the non-elastic panel Addy means ofhorizontal stitches 16. The bottom ribbon Ra is of curved or arcuateform, as shown in Fig.,.2,f..i and said bottom ribbon Ra partiallyoverlaps .the adjacent ribbon R. The bottom stitchesfi" of" saidadjacent ribbon R. pass throughraparhof, the curved top of the bottomribbonRa. r In order to secure this arouateform while using an ordinarystraight ribbon, said bottom, ribbon Ra is folded at the points F, therebeing two'lsuch folds in;eacln'bottomzribbonr The top stitches: 5 ofsthe: botom-l ribbon Ra: are; above; the toprofa'tl'iezlrosersupportenw.Ref'en'ingitofiig. 3;;a reinforcingrstrip.- 1P7. havingra nap innen'surface: is: provided-and: this reinforcing: stripe. is: connected; to;the vertical 'reiniorcihgrstripifi by; means of thezouter row-of:

In (addition; to; the. four; ,hose; supporters which are thus'provided;two additional hose supeporters Hamaresprcvidedatttheisidesof,thegarlaments-and; said additional :hosesupporters: Ha,arerconnected. to the.- bottom portions 3 ;.of' the panelssB.'-andzG.- jY I, I .-Thernvertical; stitches: 6 :tightly connect. the.

members-. 9;and; lib-to thefront andtback non-a istrnotztoz bealimitedlto: a panel-rywhich'has no,

stretchiatiaillia Onzthecontrarm; theinventionim cluelesra.panelrAawhich is less: elastic on stretch.- 31111611311831theupanels'aBeand-G. Likewise,;w hen1I refen to a nonelastic-;panel,the-inventionrisnot to be limited to a panel which is non-elastic inallddirections;because-the:panels A may have a certain amountz ofvertical-stretcher or'elasticity withautldeparting;fromatherinvention,

Since the non-elastic panels have spaced reinforcing strips, thesestrips can conform to the shape of the body and grip it more securelythan if the non-elastic panels were made of ordinary heavy fabric andthe strips were omitted. The width of each reinforcing strip B, may beonehalf inch more or less. The width may be as great as one inch, aslong as the, width is not too great to prevent the spaced strips fromconforming to the shape ofrthewboidyg; i

I have-shown" a= preferredmbodiment of my invention, but it is clearthat numerous changes and omissions can be made without departing.fromlits spirit.

11:; A -corsetzgarment having a non-elastic panel made of ventilatingmesh material, said noneases panel" having spaced horizontal reinforcingstrips of material connected thereto, the ends of said spaced stripsbeing rearwardly inturned, an'elastic panel a which; is-elocaltedilhehind "said inturned ends, and a vertical reinfnroingistripwhich; is asewedz to: said ;.elastic: panel; and-:to :said non-elastic"panel; I said: reinforcing. strips being of greater; strengthjhan: saidmeshzmateriall 2; Alcorset' garmentihavingz a non'eelastiezpanel, madeof" ventilating: mesh: materiall;said1:paneli havingi spacedreinforcing; strips; sewedntheretoa an elastic panel which overlaps thenoneelastio: panel .at the: rear: of: the:- said:non elasticg-panel,

\ aVverticalrreinforcingzstrinwpart;of which: 18310:;

cate'd behind: said; noneelastic panel;v saidzvertie cal reinforcingstrip beingsgoonnected'zbya stitohes. tofisaid' elastic: panelzand: tosaidznoneelastic panel; said: vertical reinforcing strip rbeing conw;nected to: the v elastic panel by: stitches-which l are spaced; from;the; noneelastic panel,-. saidireinaforcingzstripsbeing-of; greater,strength thansaid,

meshymaterialr 3: A=corseti garment: having-a nonelastic:panel made ofmesh material; saidpanel having spaced strips of reinforcing. material;sewed,;thereto.,*;said strips being rearwardly. inturned: at; an edge-ofsaid Zpanel, an elastic panel having. a-yertical aend: portion thereoflocated. behind," said; inwiardly; turned ends, a vertical: reinforcingstrip located behind; said elastic panel and-partially; overlap: ping,said, non-elastic; panel, as second, ,vertiealstrip located behind thefirst-,mentienedivertical; strip, said vertical stripsandrsaid; elasticpanel being connected tothe non-elastic, paneliby stitches" whichpasswthrough; saidi-inturned ends, the: second vertical strip. beingconnectedrto the nonrelastic panel by stitches whichskipstheafirstmentioned. vertical strip and theelastic panel and saidinturn'ediends, the iirstmentioned vertical strip; being; connected to.the elastic panel by;. means of stitches, which; are; spaced from 5 thenon-elasticpanek,

, SAMUEL ll. MET-Z.,- I

